Open Day on Billionaires

 Yesterday was nice and breezy, today is not going to be a carbon copy.  Temps are expected to rise into the 70s (F), but occasional showers will persist, and then overnight temps are predicted to drop.  The next 3 days look like on and off showers, lots of drizzles.  This is a good time to plant some grass seed in those bare patches.

Even though I was busy yesterday, most of my time was spent on disassembling my treadmill.  What seems like hundreds of screws and bolts were removed.  Many pieces were carried downstairs, some were thrown into the trash.  No matter how much you might want to, I can tell you with all honesty that the pieces of one treadmill are too many to fit in the oversized garbage can that I have.  Rather than pay an extra charge for them to pick it up, I get rid of it over 3 consecutive garbage pickup days.  As I type, the only thing left upstairs is the base.  What surprised me the most in the disassembly was that you're actually running on a piece of HDF or High Density Fiberboard.  In case any of you were wondering, I did have help.  This also gives you an idea how big Howie is at 8 months.

As expected, the Orange Anus revealed his tariff plan yesterday.  The Wall Street Journal said it was "buy another yacht day for the swamp."  For those who aren't aware, Rupert Murdoch, the same Rupert who owns Fox Entertainment, owns the Wall Street Journal.  I don't think Rupie's too happy.  Rolling Stone talked about Orangie's disassociation with the American people, focusing on his persistent use of the groceries, something he's probably never bought in his life.  More than one Economist has suggested that he seems to be attempting to turn the clock back to before the great depression of 1929, back to an era when greed ruled the world.

Notifications are flying in as Wall Street and the world reel.  I understand that even the penguins on the Heard and McDonald Islands are stamping their feet.  I do suspect that in the demented mind of the Orange Anus the world will bow down and cave.  That's not going to happen.  In truth, they will reciprocate even as they seek other trading partners to compensate.  Better deals will be struck between China and the world.  I wouldn't be surprised if the masses in America rise up, and, as someone else has said, we might have open day on billionaires.

Would You Care for a Little Whine with that Cheese

 The temp was 36 (F) when I got up this morning.  The forecasters are saying we should climb another 20 degrees, but clouds are going to move in bringing showers with them.  Tomorrow, of course, temps are supposed to climb up into the 70s (F), but only for a day.  Then they are going to come crashing down.  We have a cold front moving through, and by next Wednesday our overnight low will be in the high 20s (F).

Tuesdays are usually meh days for me, a time for me to relax after working the weekend.  Not yesterday.  Much was accomplished.  Besides cleaning the big aquarium, I began dismantling the treadmill.  A friend asked why I didn't try and sell it.  The answer is simple.  No one wants to buy a used treadmill, and because they're heavy, they are quite difficult to move.  It's easier to just take it apart and throw it out into the trash.  And while everything is getting moved around, I'm going to replace the area rugs in that room.  They're both old, one of them went through Gertie's puppyhood, that was15 years ago.

My Amazon music was also cancelled.  I'm now using Spotify.  This is all part of my shift away from everything Bezos has a finger in, including changing the credit card which gave me points for shopping on Amazon.  The new card has a lower interest rate, not that I ever have to pay interest, so I guess the higher interest on the old Amazon card was actually paying for those Amazon points I thought I was earning.

And, of course, last evening this happened.

Can you imagine how mortifying it must be to spend over $20+ million on an election to lose by 11 points?  And this was after Cory Booker's record breaking 24+ hour speech.  And in Florida, even though the Republican candidates won, neither came close to the 30 point victory claimed by the Orange anus.  In Illinois, a MAGA cultist lost to her Democratic opponent in a mayoral contest.  In fact, it was a good day for Democrats.  The Republicans?  Not good at all.  

On top of all that was going down, Mikey Johnson dismissed the House of Representatives for the rest of the week because he lost on proxy voting by mothers who'd just given birth.  I wonder what they're going to be doing on this mini-vacation.  

And today Orangie's tariffs are supposed to kick in.  Will he cave... again?  If he does, I don't think it will be by much.  His caving would cause people to think he did so because of the elections yesterday.  That would make him look weak.  It would tell the world that he really hasn't mastered the art of the deal.

Catering for Clicks

Hello Tuesday!  We have a seasonably Spring day in store for us here in  Central PA.  Temps will be in the mid 50s (F), which means somethings can be done outside. A full day is planned.

Because yesterday was another calorie intensive day at work (leftovers galore), I didn't count my calories.  Today's a new day, and the counting begins. 

A full day is planned.  Chores are listed.  Now, all I need to do is see how many I can complete.

Howie brought another rock into the house this morning.  He got a swat and was told that rocks are a no, no.  Should he accidentally swallow one, expensive surgery would be require to remove it.  I know someone who's dog did the same thing.  $$$$ followed.  Someday he'll learn that stones are out.  The sticks he brings in?  Those are easily bribed away from him with a puppy peanut butter cookie.  Also, for those interested, he's a little over 40 inches (102 centimeters) long, and 70+ pounds *32+ kg) in weight, and he's still growing.

This is how the Greek oregano is coming along.  The last 2 glasses aren't doing to well, so I may plant dill in them.

A writer named Michal Savage was lamenting in The Guardian this morning on people not turning off the news.  The article is interesting, however he fails to touch on what I believe to be the most prominent reason people are leaving the Main Stream Media and turning to other sources:  their favoritism for the sensational over the real news.  The Orange Anus stated something about a 3rd term and MSM is beating that deceptive ploy the same way Republicans beat a dead horse.  Not one of them, at least as far as I know, pointed out that he said this in order to get people talking about something, anything other than the Signal chat scandal.  In my mind, this is the main reason people are seeking and finding better reporting in things like substacks.  People will return to the MSM if they stop catering for clicks.

There are elections today in both Florida and Wisconsin.  The returns will be a good indicator of how pissed off Americans are with Orangie's authoritarian administration.  I'm interested in finding out if Elonia's money can buy another 2 elections.